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Norwich City 1995–96 football season
During the 1995–96 English football season,
Norwich City F.C. competed in the
Football League First Division .
Season summary
Martin O'Neill , who had taken
Wycombe Wanderers from the Conference to the Second Division with successive promotions, was appointed as Norwich City manager in the summer of 1995.
[1] He lasted just six months in the job before resigning after a dispute with chairman
Robert Chase over Chase's refusal to permit O'Neill to spend significant sums on strengthening the squad.
[2] Soon after O'Neill's resignation, Chase stepped down after protests from supporters, who complained that he kept selling the club's best players and was to blame for the relegation.
[3] Indeed, between 1992 and January 1995, Norwich sold a number of key attacking players:
Robert Fleck (for £2.1M),
Ruel Fox (for £2.25M), Chris Sutton (for £5M),
Efan Ekoku (£0.9M) and
Mark Robins (£1M).
[4]
[5] Nearly 40 years after being instrumental in saving the club from bankruptcy, Geoffrey Watling bought Chase's majority shareholding. Gary Megson was appointed Norwich manager on a temporary basis for the second time in eight months. Megson remained in charge until the end of the season before leaving the club.
[6] Just four seasons after finishing third in the Premiership and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup, Norwich had finished 16th in Division One.
[7]
Final league table
Source:
[
citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
Results
Norwich City's score comes first
[8]
Legend
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
13 August 1995
Luton Town
A
3–1
7,848
Newsome (2),
Adams
19 August 1995
Sunderland
H
0–0
16,739
26 August 1995
Birmingham City
A
1–3
19,267
Sheron
30 August 1995
Oldham Athletic
H
2–1
14,816
Bowen ,
Johnson
2 September 1995
Port Vale
H
2–1
13,908
Johnson ,
Fleck
9 September 1995
Sheffield United
A
1–2
11,205
Ward
13 September 1995
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
2–0
27,064
Johnson ,
Ward
16 September 1995
Millwall
H
0–0
15,962
23 September 1995
Grimsby Town
A
2–2
5,901
Akinbiyi ,
Fleck
30 September 1995
Leicester City
H
0–1
18,435
7 October 1995
Stoke City
A
1–1
12,016
Akinbiyi
14 October 1995
Barnsley
H
3–1
14,002
Newsome ,
Johnson ,
Fleck
21 October 1995
Charlton Athletic
A
1–1
13,369
Bowen
29 October 1995
Tranmere Rovers
H
1–1
15,513
Johnson
4 November 1995
Huddersfield Town
A
2–3
13,747
Ward (2)
11 November 1995
Crystal Palace
H
1–0
14,156
Johnson
19 November 1995
Ipswich Town
H
2–1
17,862
Newsome ,
Fleck
21 November 1995
West Bromwich Albion
A
4–1
13,680
Fleck ,
Scott ,
Ward ,
Adams
26 November 1995
Watford
A
2–0
7,798
Ward ,
Scott
2 December 1995
Stoke City
H
0–1
15,707
9 December 1995
Grimsby Town
H
2–2
13,283
Ward ,
Eadie
17 December 1995
Leicester City
A
2–3
14,251
Fleck ,
Eadie
23 December 1995
Portsmouth
A
0–1
9,934
26 December 1995
Southend United
H
0–1
17,029
30 December 1995
Reading
H
3–3
13,556
Ward ,
Johnson ,
Fleck
1 January 1996
Derby County
A
1–2
16,714
Fleck
14 January 1996
Sunderland
A
1–0
14,983
Ward
20 January 1996
Luton Town
H
0–1
12,474
4 February 1996
Birmingham City
H
1–1
12,612
Ward
10 February 1996
Oldham Athletic
A
0–2
17,001
17 February 1996
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
2–3
14,691
Eadie ,
Crook
24 February 1996
Millwall
A
1–2
8,218
Milligan
28 February 1996
Sheffield United
H
0–0
10,945
2 March 1996
Southend United
A
1–1
6,208
Bradshaw
9 March 1996
Portsmouth
H
1–1
13,004
Milligan
16 March 1996
Reading
A
3–0
8,501
Sheppard (own goal),
Eadie ,
O'Neill
20 March 1996
Port Vale
A
0–1
6,085
23 March 1996
Derby County
H
1–0
15,349
Goss
30 March 1996
Charlton Athletic
H
0–1
13,434
2 April 1996
Barnsley
A
2–2
6,375
Newman ,
Fleck
6 April 1996
Tranmere Rovers
A
1–1
6,618
Eadie
8 April 1996
Huddersfield Town
H
2–0
13,021
Fleck ,
Akinbiyi
14 April 1996
Ipswich Town
A
1–2
20,355
Cureton
20 April 1996
West Bromwich Albion
H
2–2
14,667
Cureton ,
Eadie
27 April 1996
Watford
H
1–2
14,188
Crook
5 May 1996
Crystal Palace
A
1–0
20,664
Hopkin (own goal)
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
6 January 1996
Brentford
H
1–2
10,082
Newsome
League Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
20 September 1995
Torquay United
H
6–1
7,542
Akinbiyi (2),
Crook ,
Sheron (2),
Gore (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg
4 October 1995
Torquay United
A
3–2 (won 9–3 on agg)
1,790
Ullathorne ,
Mills ,
Eadie
R3
25 October 1995
Bradford City
H
0–0
11,649
R3R
8 November 1995
Bradford City
A
5–3 (
a.e.t. )
8,665
Ward (3),
Johnson ,
Fleck
R4
29 November 1995
Bolton Wanderers
H
0–0
13,820
R4R
20 December 1995
Bolton Wanderers
A
0–0 (won 3–2 on pens)
8,736
QF
10 January 1996
Birmingham City
H
1–1
13,028
Fleck
QFR
24 January 1996
Birmingham City
A
1–2
21,097
Mølby
Players
First-team squad
Squad at end of season
[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notes
^ Carey was born in
Kettering ,
England , but also qualified to represent the
Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at
U-21 level.
^ Goss was born in Oekolia,
Cyprus , but also qualified to represent
Wales internationally and made his international debut for
Wales in May 1991.
^ Johnson was born in
Bristol ,
England , but also qualified to represent
Wales internationally and made his international debut for
Wales in 1998.
^ Milligan was born in
Manchester ,
England , but also qualified to represent the
Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at
U-21 ,
U-23 , and
B level before making his international debut for
Republic of Ireland in 1992.
^ Rush was born in
Hackney ,
England , but also qualified to represent the
Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at
U-21 level.
^ Akinbiyi was born in
Hackney ,
England , but also qualified to represent
Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for
Nigeria in November 1999.
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (
Two ,
Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (
Premier ,
One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (
Premier ,
One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (
One ,
Two )
Northern Counties East League (
Premier ,
One )
Northern League (
One ,
Two )
South Midlands League (
Premier ,
Senior )
Spartan League (
Premier ,
One )
Sussex County League (
One ,
Two )
United Counties League (
Premier ,
One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (
Premier ,
One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions